How can I pass the value of a checkbox in an activity to a service?

Question

My main activity has three check boxes in it. I want to be able to pass whether or not these check boxes are checked to a service when the "submit" button is pressed. Here is my code:

public void onClick(View v) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Intent start_service = new Intent();
        start_service.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        start_service.setClass(getApplicationContext(), FollowService.class);

        if( box1.isChecked() ){
            boxes[0] = 1;
        }
        if( box2.isChecked() ){
            boxes[1] = 1;
        }
        if( box3.isChecked() ){
            boxes[2] = 1;
        }

        start_service.putExtra("com.mypackage.boxes", selections);
        box1.setChecked(false);
        box2.setChecked(false);
        box3.setChecked(false);
        getApplicationContext().startService(start_service);
    }

I then try to access this array that I am attempting to pass to the service inside of my onStartCommand by doing the following:

public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startID){
    try {
        Bundle selections = intent.getExtras();
        int [] boxes = selections.getIntArray("boxes");

        if( boxes[0] == 1 ){
            // do something
        }
        if( boxes[1] == 1 ){
            // do something             
        }
        if( boxes[1] == 1 ){                                 // do something
        }

        checkWebsite();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return START_STICKY;
}

My application will start up and doesn't force close on me when I press the "submit" button, but I am getting a system.err message in LogCat.

Here is the LogCat error message that I have received when I try to start my service.

06-19 04:20:51.514: WARN/System.err(300): java.lang.NullPointerException
06-19 04:20:51.536: WARN/System.err(300):     at com.mypackage.FollowService.onStartCommand(FollowService.java:60)
06-19 04:20:51.536: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3053)
06-19 04:20:51.544: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$3600(ActivityThread.java:125)
06-19 04:20:51.544: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2096)
06-19 04:20:51.554: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-19 04:20:51.554: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
06-19 04:20:51.554: WARN/System.err(300):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
06-19 04:20:51.574: WARN/System.err(300):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-19 04:20:51.574: WARN/System.err(300):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
06-19 04:20:51.574: WARN/System.err(300):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
06-19 04:20:51.574: WARN/System.err(300):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
06-19 04:20:51.584: WARN/System.err(300):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

follow below steps

1) make a class file name first.java and write below code

package com.example.bundle;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class first extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        Intent intent = new Intent(this, second.class);
        int[] arr = new int[3];
        arr[0]=0;
        arr[1]=1;
        arr[2]=2;
        Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
        bundle.putIntArray("arr", arr);
        intent.putExtras(bundle);
        startService(intent);
    }
}

2) make a service name second.java and put below code

package com.example.bundle;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class second extends Service {

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
        public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
         Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
            int[] arr = bundle.getIntArray("arr");
            Toast.makeText(second.this, "" + arr[0] + " " + arr[1] + " " + arr[2], Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
        }
}

3) and menifest like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.example.bundle"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".first" android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <service android:name=".second" android:label="@string/app_name">

        </service>
    </application>


</manifest> 

Answer 2

You might need to do:

selections.getIntArray("com.mypackage.boxes")

I might be wrong, but adding your package name is just a good standard to follow, not a requirement.